She may
have won
but she
still lost
control
of her
own bowels
and
endangered
so many
others
all for
the love
of
sports.
Note: That nasty Hyrox lady should have been disqualified.
offstage reflection
ideally astounding
simultaneously
brainwash outwards
censurable stairway
impracticable undress
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • September 14–20, 2026)
You look uncomfortable in your skin,
always primping and preening;
beauty shines outside, but then within,
your vanity is scheming.
Always seeking the observer's gaze,
who knows what you're meant to be?
It must be exhausting to erase
flaws the world will never see.
twilight is falling
on the river of Desire
I’m dreaming in vain…
young love never comes to me
by a silent lonely lane
boudoir lined with glass
reflecting many faces
last of rolled paper
dabbed on her eye- shadowed lids --
tears crashing for lost youth's gloss.
1st place
what was preached as vanity for centuries - is now called a selfie
Ism isn't right, it's spite which stems from deep emotion
Welling up within the soul when we confront the notion
That someone somewhere is receiving what we think is ours
Bestowed on us from somewhere we think's written in the stars
Walking Dante's ninth circle,
a pocketful of sunshine
and blood full of blossoming promise.
I'm alive
and dead.
The gods laugh at me—
or is it Bacchus alone?
A hedonist,
looking for approval,
unaware of mine own godhood.
It is the lairiest of epochs
Ignore slop do a pop vox
Chock a block with shocks
But the scariest of tik toks
Snapping like hungry crocs
Another spate of hate docks
Photos that everyone clocks
Those ones who girls mocks
Are as deadly as small pox
Aren't all as strong as an ox
Shaking from online knocks
Drowning in instasham lochs
Stinks like young men's socks
Mistaking that a cure’s botox
Crowning a theory I defrocks
That faking makes you a fox
Solution sells comes out a box
Lies stir fries in corporate woks
Smells fishy like out of date lox
Why jog cheat the elite flocks
Fatty injections vanity smocks
As the poor everything hocks
Pharma firm flogs all its stocks
Not just peahens also peacocks
Androids on steroids rippled jocks
Muscle bound like the Springboks
Why are so many blokes.. cocks?
How about all go on a long detox
Take note your boat you’re the cox
Winner is the inner you which rocks
Fashion rations compassion is bollox!
Mirror, mirror on the wall
in front of you I stand tall,
evergreen with virgin air,
confident without a care.
In prime of life and freshness,
in state of juvenescence.
I look at my reflection,
my body such perfection.
I'm a mirror in the hall,
tall as hung upon this wall,
show only what's true and fair
self-importance I don't share.
With this ego you possess
I don't see your youthfulness,
disrobing your pretension
reveals your true reflection.
Fat cats are fat, that's where they're at
Their greatest ambition's to accumulate fat
Some may start small
But few will grow tall
Cause they mostly accumulate where they have sat
Endure
Unreasonable, unbroken
Outlasting doubt, defying hunger
Snatched from damnation, ancient souls pursue
Flesh traps, deceives, edits the heart
Continuing, burning, weaving, surviving
Secondary, relentless
Reason
A trad wife boomer woman I know has quietly seethed for almost an entire week.
I had no idea because I am far too focused on writing poems with cool mystique.
I have been connecting with kind new people and keeping my wits sharp and sleek.
But her feelings don't mean anything to me anymore because she is sadly very rude.
For the last two years I have endured her jealousy and her prejudiced, sour attitude.
We would all be much better off if she went to therapy and developed some fortitude.
Trouble comes
still i glide over it's waves,
It is below the keel
letting me drift
to ecstasy,
Moored in peace isle
Peace is divine,
for we wrest havens that stay
unclench our palms to see it vanish
In vile burnt fields;
We wonder if it can ever be
VARIED VIRTUOSITY
loosely
crumbling
frivolous
obscure
intentions
of
tranquil
stillness
inexpressible
devoted
contemplative
epitomes
endlessly
rendered
illuminated
abstract
visions
exchange
virtuosity
alongside
temptations
&conceal
honoured
individual
singularity
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